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Pennsylvania Dutch Vegetable Bread

Source of Recipe


Personal Recipe






List of Ingredients



• 1 cup carrots
  
• 1 cup peas
  
• 1 potato
  
• 1 qt tomato juice
  
• 1 cup green beans
  
• 1 onion
  
• 3 sprigs parsley
  
• 2 yeast cakes
  
• 1/2 cup shortening
  
• 1/4 cup sugar
  
• 3 tbsp salt
  
• 12 1/2 cups of flour
  






Instructions



1. Cook vegetables together until tender.
   
   
2. Force vegetables through a sieve. There should be 1 1/2 quarts of juice and pulp.
   
   
3. Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water.
   
   
4. Add yeast to vegetable pulp and add sugar, salt and shortening.
   
   
5. Add 5 cups flour and stir until well blended.
   
   
6. Let batter work until light and full of bubbles (about 1 hour).
   
   
7. Add remaining flour and let rise until double in bulk.
   
   
8. Knead and shape into loaves.
   
   
9. Rub each loaf with melted butter; let rise again until double in bulk.
   
   
10. Bake at 350* for 45-50 minutesMakes 4 loaves.
    
    






Final Comments


Enjoy.....